IBSF World Snooker Championship 1978
The 1978 IBSF World Snooker Championship was the eighth edition of the World Amateur Snooker Championship . It took place at the National Sports Center in Rabat , Malta . Welshman Cliff Wilson became world champion with an 11: 5 win in the final against Englishman Joe Johnson .
mode
The 25 participating players were divided into three groups in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The top two in each group as well as a third group qualified directly for the final round. The other two group thirds determined in a play-off the last participant in the final round, which was played out in the knockout system .
Preliminary round
Group 1
| space | player | G | V | Frames | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
 | 
6th | 1 | 26:10 | 
| 2 | 
 | 
6th | 1 | 26:10 | 
| 3 | 
 | 
5 | 2 | 23: 9 | 
| 4th | 
 | 
5 | 2 | 20:13 | 
| 5 | 
 | 
2 | 5 | 15:20 | 
| 6th | 
 | 
2 | 5 | 10:22 | 
| 7th | 
 | 
2 | 5 | 9:25 | 
| 8th | 
 | 
0 | 7th | 28: 8 | 
Group 2
| space | player | G | V | Frames | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
 | 
6th | 1 | 26:12 | 
| 2 | 
 | 
5 | 2 | 23:16 | 
| 3 | 
 | 
4th | 3 | 22:16 | 
| 4th | 
 | 
4th | 3 | 23:21 | 
| 5 | 
 | 
3 | 4th | 19:20 | 
| 6th | 
 | 
3 | 4th | 18:20 | 
| 7th | 
 | 
2 | 5 | 14:23 | 
| 8th | 
 | 
1 | 6th | 10:27 | 
Group 3
| space | player | G | V | Frames | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
 | 
8th | 0 | 32:10 | 
| 2 | 
 | 
5 | 3 | 24:14 | 
| 3 | 
 | 
5 | 3 | 23:20 | 
| 4th | 
 | 
5 | 3 | 26:22 | 
| 5 | 
 | 
3 | 5 | 22:24 | 
| 6th | 
 | 
3 | 5 | 21:24 | 
| 7th | 
 | 
3 | 5 | 18:24 | 
| 8th | 
 | 
2 | 6th | 18:27 | 
| 9 | 
 | 
2 | 6th | 13:29 | 
Play-off
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- | 
 | 
4-0 | 
Final round
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
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5 | ||||||||||||
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4th | ||||||||||||
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8th | ||||||||||||
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2 | ||||||||||||
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5 | ||||||||||||
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0 | ||||||||||||
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11 | ||||||||||||
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5 | ||||||||||||
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5 | ||||||||||||
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0 | ||||||||||||
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8th | ||||||||||||
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4th | ||||||||||||
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5 | ||||||||||||
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4th | ||||||||||||
Individual evidence
- ^ 1978 World Amateur Championship - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed on August 27, 2015 .